Word: religion
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Seniors say their Harvard education had not necessarily prepared them for the rigors of daily life. While Religion 1520, "Introduction it Hermeneutics," is intellectually stimulating, it will not necessarily help graduates navigate the aisles of a supermarket...
...Swedenborg School of Religion, a seminary in Newton and owner of the Swedenborg Chapel on the corner of Quincy Street and Kirkland Street, has agreed in principle to sell the chapel for $2.7 million to a Somerville real estate developer, the Cambridge Chronicle reported...
While I am deeply opposed to capital punishment and thus pleased that one fewer inmate (however deserving of the penalty he may appear to be) will be executed as a result of the Pope's intervention, this whole story leaves me a little queasy. It brings religion and politics in this country a little too close together for comfort. Here's the thing: Carnahan still supports the death penalty and has signed off on 26 execution orders since becoming governor...
...between church and state. In a survey of 1,000 women taken by Princeton Research Associates on behalf of the Center for Gender Equality, 76 percent said that they believe religious leaders and groups have a "somewhat" or "very positive" effect on the country. 50 percent said they felt "religion and politics shouldn't mix," down from 63 percent who felt that way when a similar survey was taken in 1992. Fifty-three percent were in favor of strict limits on abortion (i.e., unless it was a case of rape, incest or saving the mother's life), up from...
...Laden's interpretation of Islam is not shared by most Muslims, since Islam is a religion of peace. But the U.S. became involved in Bosnia very late, only after thousands of innocent Muslims had been killed, and it still has not acted to prevent the persecution of ethnic Albanians in Kosovo. SHOAIB AZIZ Karachi...